MPEG LA

MPEG Licensing Administration, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryLicensing administration
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
DefunctMay 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
,
US
Key people
Larry Horn
ProductsPatent licenses
Websitewww.mpegla.com

MPEG LA was an American company based in Denver, Colorado that licensed patent pools covering essential patents required for use of the MPEG-2, MPEG-4, IEEE 1394, VC-1, ATSC, MVC, MPEG-2 Systems, AVC/H.264 and HEVC standards.[1][2][3]

Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG LA in April 2023 and formed a new patent pool administration company called Via Licensing Alliance.[4]

  1. ^ "Revolutionizing Intellectual Property Rights Management". Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. ^ Loli, Eugen (2011-05-01), Why Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the MPEG-LA, OSNews
  3. ^ Cleanse, Nike (2007-03-12), Chinese set-top box makers, MPEG LA face off over patent fees, EE Times
  4. ^ Ozer, Jan (2023-05-08), Via LA’s Heath Hoglund Talks MPEG LA/Via Licensing Patent Pool Merger, StreamingMedia.com